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IMC Trading Interview Questions

4 real interview questions for Quant Researcher roles at IMC Trading.

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A drunk passenger boards an airplane and sits in a random seat. Each subsequent passenger sits in their assigned seat if it is available; otherwise, they choose a random unoccupied seat. What is the probability that the last passenger will be able to sit in their assigned seat?

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2

Explain the Law of Large Numbers to someone with a non-STEM background. Also, explain one of the sorting algorithms to someone with a non-STEM background.

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3

A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. What is the expected number of tosses required to first see the sequence 'HHH' (three consecutive heads)?

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4

Explain a sorting algorithm to someone without a STEM background. Also, explain the law of large numbers to someone without a STEM background.

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